Industrial revolution (Topical Term)

Britannica Micro.

Americana

Acad. Am. encyc.

World Book

Random House

Web. 3

American Heritage

Here are entered works on the complex of radical socioeconomic changes that are brought about when extensive mechanization of production systems results in an abrupt shift from home-based hand manufacturing to large-scale factory production. Works on the gradual development of industry and the organization of production as industries are entered under Industrialization.

Note under Industrialization